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Lecture 32

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n this lecture, we’ll learn some additional words from the vocabulary

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As we did in an earlier grab-bag lecture, we’ll also review some of

the target words we’ve learned. Finally, we’ll explore the importance

of comparing and contrasting as a learning tool. As we’ll see, when we

compare concepts, ideas, or words, we’re forced to identify the deep features

that make two things similar or different. That type of thinking leads to long-

term, meaningful learning.

Truckle (verb)

1. To submit; to be servile and submissive.


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z The word WUXFNOH originally meant “to sleep in a truckle (trundle) bed.”

And in times past, those who slept in trundle beds were often servants.

Thus, people who slept on truckle beds occupied the lower position,

from which they truckled—or submitted—to those above them.

z 7UXFNOH is often followed by its collocate to in such phrases as “truckle

to those in power” and “truckle to another country’s demands.”

Tendentious (adjective)

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tendency, bias, or purpose; partisan.

z Tendentious brings to mind a listener who is not really listening to

you, someone who is waiting for you to stop talking in order to

present his or her own pre-decided viewpoint. With tendentious, the

viewpoint espoused by the person is often a controversial one.